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RhPAP-supported therapist eases patient trauma through nature

Encouraging conversation by gathering twigs and pebbles or taking a serene walk through nature can be effective ways to help people open up about their…

Encouraging conversation by gathering twigs and pebbles or taking a serene walk through nature can be effective ways to help people open up about their trauma and anxiety. High River-based Anna Swanepoel has used the concept in her practice after…

Heart and stroke clinic eases anxiety for rural residents

Christine Holubec-Jackson’s 49th birthday wasn’t quite the celebration she expected. Days earlier, the Wetaskiwin resident was diagnosed with bleeding on the top of her...
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Exceptional care leads Mayerthorpe nursing team to an RhPAP Rhapsody Health-care Heroes Award

Perhaps nobody appreciates the nurses at the Mayerthorpe Healthcare Centre more than the physicians who practise there. While doing their rounds each...
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Community support key to rural health-care success

In rural health care, as with most things, resources are limited and offering services outside of those considered core can require extra...
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Lethbridge hosts ultrasound training for future rural docs

Rural family medicine residents from the University of Calgary’s Cummings School of Medicine (U of C CSM) gathered on a snowy Saturday in Lethbridge recently to learn how using point-of-care ultrasound can make a difference in an emergency situation.
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Mobile therapy bus targets play to help rural students

Imagine as a child having the ability to jump on a bus at school — not for basic transport, but to learn...
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RhPAP Medical School Award recipients primed for rural practice

RhPAP is proud to announce the recipients of this year’s Rural Medical Student Bursary: Kelly Anderson and Curtis Woolf (University of Alberta) and Karly Nikkel...
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Community works together to support new moms and caregivers

Being a physician doesn’t mean you are immune to life’s health challenges.
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Keeping health care close to home in Drumheller

Media Release September 23, 2019 Keeping health care close to home in Drumheller Post-secondary students learn what it’s like to be a...
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Crowsnest Pass community comes together to create a high school health mentorship experience

How do you support a rural high school student in their journey to become a rural health-care provider? Well, it takes a...
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Killam welcomes first Alberta-educated physician in decades

Dr. Rami Abu-Zeidan hopes to provide the same personal care and understanding he witnessed his father receiving when he was young. “I...
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“Pop-up” clinic the right prescription for country music fans

Meeting the medical needs of the BVJ For five days in mid-summer, a “mini-hospital” rises to the beat of country music in...
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Calm head during emergency confirms medicine in volunteer’s future

A stint as a medical volunteer at Big Valley Jamboree five years ago was all 20-year-old Allyson Wrubleski needed to know she...
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